DesignPropertyDescriptor Class

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04/29/2015

A specialization of PropertyDescriptor that allows customization of the display name of the property in the property grid.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Object
  MemberDescriptor
    PropertyDescriptor
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.DesignPropertyDescriptor

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class DesignPropertyDescriptor _
    Inherits PropertyDescriptor

public class DesignPropertyDescriptor : PropertyDescriptor

public ref class DesignPropertyDescriptor : public PropertyDescriptor

type DesignPropertyDescriptor =  
    class 
        inherit PropertyDescriptor 
    end

public class DesignPropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor

The DesignPropertyDescriptor type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	DesignPropertyDescriptor	Initializes a new instance of DesignPropertyDescriptor for the specified property descriptor.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	AttributeArray	Gets or sets an array of attributes. (Inherited from MemberDescriptor.)
	Attributes	Gets the collection of attributes for this member. (Inherited from MemberDescriptor.)
	Category	Gets the name of the category to which the member belongs, as specified in the CategoryAttribute. (Inherited from MemberDescriptor.)
	ComponentType	Gets the component type. (Overrides PropertyDescriptor.ComponentType.)
	Converter	Gets the type converter for the property. (Overrides PropertyDescriptor.Converter.)
	Description	Gets the description of the member, as specified in the DescriptionAttribute. (Inherited from MemberDescriptor.)
	DesignTimeOnly	Gets whether this member should be set only at design time, as specified in the DesignOnlyAttribute. (Inherited from MemberDescriptor.)
	DisplayName	Gets the display name for this property. (Overrides MemberDescriptor.DisplayName.)
	IsBrowsable	Gets a value indicating whether the member is browsable, as specified in the BrowsableAttribute. (Inherited from MemberDescriptor.)
	IsLocalizable	Gets a value indicating whether this property should be localized, as specified in the LocalizableAttribute. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	IsReadOnly	Gets whether or not the property is read-only. (Overrides PropertyDescriptor.IsReadOnly.)
	Name	Gets the name of the member. (Inherited from MemberDescriptor.)
	NameHashCode	Gets the hash code for the name of the member, as specified in GetHashCode. (Inherited from MemberDescriptor.)
	PropertyType	Gets the type of the property. (Overrides PropertyDescriptor.PropertyType.)
	SerializationVisibility	Gets a value indicating whether this property should be serialized, as specified in the DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	SupportsChangeEvents	Gets a value indicating whether value change notifications for this property may originate from outside the property descriptor. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)

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Methods

	Name	Description
	AddValueChanged	Enables other objects to be notified when this property changes. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	CanResetValue	Determines whether or not resetting the object changes its value. (Overrides PropertyDescriptor.CanResetValue(Object).)
	CreateAttributeCollection	Creates a collection of attributes using the array of attributes passed to the constructor. (Inherited from MemberDescriptor.)
	CreateInstance	Creates an instance of the specified type. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	Equals	Compares this to another object to see if they are equivalent. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	FillAttributes	Adds the attributes of the PropertyDescriptor to the specified list of attributes in the parent class. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetChildProperties	Returns the default PropertyDescriptorCollection. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	GetChildProperties(Attribute)	Returns a PropertyDescriptorCollection using a specified array of attributes as a filter. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	GetChildProperties(Object)	Returns a PropertyDescriptorCollection for a given object. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	GetChildProperties(Object, Attribute)	Returns a PropertyDescriptorCollection for a given object using a specified array of attributes as a filter. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	GetEditor	Gets an editor of the specified type. (Overrides PropertyDescriptor.GetEditor(Type).)
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this object. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	GetInvocationTarget	This method returns the object that should be used during invocation of members. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetTypeFromName	Returns a type using its name. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	GetTypeFromNameProperty	Converts the name to a Type.
	GetValue	Gets the value of the property. (Overrides PropertyDescriptor.GetValue(Object).)
	GetValueChangedHandler	Retrieves the current set of ValueChanged event handlers for a specific component (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	OnValueChanged	Raises the ValueChanged event that you implemented. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	RemoveValueChanged	Enables other objects to be notified when this property changes. (Inherited from PropertyDescriptor.)
	ResetValue	Resets the value to the default value. (Overrides PropertyDescriptor.ResetValue(Object).)
	SetValue	Sets the value of the property to the specified value. (Overrides PropertyDescriptor.SetValue(Object, Object).)
	ShouldSerializeValue	Determines whether or not the property's value should be persisted. (Overrides PropertyDescriptor.ShouldSerializeValue(Object).)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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